Cold and Flu Season!

Here we are in the middle of the cold and flu season. And despite having taken the precaution of getting a flu shot, I have already suffered through an extended bout of feeling less than 100%. I’m hesitant to call it the flu, but perhaps I’m living in denial. In the February issue of the AARP Bulletin, they compared the state rates for people 65+ receiving the flu vaccination during the 2013-2014 flu season (the range of variance was between 35 and 60%). I haven’t quite made it into this demographic yet, but noticed that Oklahoma (51.5%) was in the top third of states by percentage of seniors being vaccinated. Here are the top five (5) states as well as the bottom five (5).